Improvement in overshoes



L'F. WILLIAMS.

Improvement in 0v ershoes.

No. 131,199, I Patented Sep.10, 1872.

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ISAAC F. WILLIAMS, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT m 'OVERSHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,199, datedSeptember 10, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo F. WILLIAMS, of

Bristol, in the county of Bristol and State of 7 Rhode Island, haveinvented a certain new and Improved Cloth and Rubber Gaiter-Overshoe.

My invention relates to such gaiters as are provided with a flap andbuckle; and it consists in the peculiar manner of constructing thedouble water-proof flaps so that the strain on the buckle will drawequally across the instep upon-both sides of the vamp; and I do herebydeclare that the following specification, taken in connection with thedrawing furnished and forming a part of the same, is a clear and truedescription thereof.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 represents one of my shoes inperspective. Fig. 2

' represents the same with the two flaps extended. Fig. 3 represents thethree sections or pieces of which the upper is composed.

A denotes the vamp. It is composed usually of a non-elastic textilefabric, lined with a similar suitable material, the two being united andrendered water-proof in a manner well known. B denotes the quarter,which is composed of a fabric substantially like that of which the vampis composed. (3 denotes the flap-tongue.

In Fig. 3, the vamp A and quarter B are shown as if out direct from thefabric. The dotted line in each indicates the upper ankleline, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. The vamp and quarter are joined together, withthe vampedges on b and c f coincident with the edges of the quarter a dand g h, respectively. These seams are rendered water-proof in the usualmanner. The flap-tongue O and the buckle are attached to the flap atscams 6 g or a 0, depending upon whether the gaitcr is intended for aright or a left.

As may be clearly seen, the draft on the buckle will draw evenly acrossthe instep and render the shoe easy to the foot. The tendency is, also,to cause the instep of the gaiter to accurately conform to the instep ofthe wearer, and makes it, therefore, comparatively neat and attractivein its appearance, more so than any of the heretofore-known buckledgaiters known to me.

I claim as new, to be secured by Letters Patent- As a new article ofmanufacture, the im-' Witnesses:

W. F. WILLIAMS, FRANK G. BOWEN.

